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Transcription
C. ZIEGLER
1956
JOWANNA
AREA POINT ISABEL, CONTRA COSTA CO., CALIF.
(CONT.)
BY TIME I HAD CLEARED SO MUCH DIRT
AWAY FROM TOP OF CROVICE SNAKE
HOLE DISAPPEARED.
3 FT ABOVE HIGH
DUG OUT BURROW ON DIKE N OF NW 1/4 OF
ROAD GRASS (ESP. BEEDING HORSES) SEES.
UP TO 6 IN LONG DRAGOW IN DUNGHILL
A FOOT DOWN & 20 IN FROM ENTRANCE
FOUND CRABS YEST - OF FINE GRASS OR RICE
MAYBE YOUNG SHOOTS OF GRASS FOUND IN
HOLE. NEXT CUP SHAPED PILLING 1/2 AT
5 INCH OIA. HOLE. NO DROPPINGS IN NEST OR
TOP VIEW
INNER! SOME OF CRABS IN DIRT UTILIZED
IN THESE PASSAGEWAYS ALSO BUT RUN
SIDE OF DYKE
TOP OF DYKE
SIDE VIEW
CRABS PROOFED OVER WITH SEVERAL
INCHES OF DIRT ABOVE. FOUND A DEAD
DOWITCHER ON 2, NOT HIGH & RICHENTLY 5 FEET